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This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion, features Christmas wind band music, both secular and religious. One of the featured tunes is \“Greensleeves,\” probably the oldest song that musicologists have been able to identify. You will also hear a Christmas song that holds the record for taking the longest for a recording to make it to the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. But since it is still Advent, Brass, Reeds, and Percussion opens with two Advent hymns. The words for the first hymn, \“Lo, He Comes in Clouds Descending,\” were written by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism; the...

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Article content 9. Joy to the World The most-published carol in North America, it is also perhaps the only one composed by a banker. The tune is often credited as Antioch by Handel, but while the eagle-eared may spot apparent quotes from both Lift Up Your Heads and Comfort Ye from the composer’s Messiah, the tune is actually the work of Lowell Mason — a Handel enthusiast. 8. Away in a Manger Another carol, another controversy. Published in 1884 as Luther’s Cradle Song, Away in a Manger is not, in fact, the work of Martin Luther ­— a myth that took more than 50 years to debunk. Printi...

Secret messages from your favourite carols Secret messages from your favourite carols By Alexandra Coghlan Normal text size Advertisement We sing them in churches, chapels, streets and schools every year, wrap presents and decorate our Christmas trees to their accompaniment, know all the words by heart - but how much do we know about the stories behind them? Here are just some of the histories and controversies, the secret political messages and famous names attached to the Top 10 Favourite Christmas Carols, as voted in a poll for the BBC's Songs of Praise program. Credit:Anna Kucera 10. O C...

The choir of King's College Cambridge performs the traditional Christmas concert Credit: Benjamin Sheen The nation has spoken, the list is in, and Songs of Praise yesterday revealed the UK’s Top 10 Favourite Christmas Carols. We sing them in churches, chapels, streets and schools every year, wrap presents and decorate our Christmas trees to their accompaniment, know all the words by heart – but how much do we know about the stories behind them?  Here are just some of the histories and controversies, the secret political messages and famous names attached to your favourite carols.  10. O...